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Release Date: 2022-02-17Label: Evil Clown
Evil Clown 9297LIVESTREAMED to YouTube from Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA
17 February 2022
Semblance – 1:14:27
. PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, piccolo oboe, alto flute, 5 hole wood flute, slide whistle, kazoo, melodica, concertina, 17-string bass, glockenspiel, crotales, gongs, plate gong, orchestral chimes, rachet, brontosaurus & tank bells, Tibetan bowls & bells, Englephone, log drums, xylophone, balafon, wood & temple blocks, almglocken, cowbells, spring boxes, tel-star, chimes, chime rod boxes, electric chimes, [d]ronin, lfo & frankenstein synths, moog subsequent, prophet, syntrix, novation peak, LinnStrument midi controllers
. Bob Moores - Pocket trumpet with efx, electric guitar, VCV rack and Mainstage on MacBook Air with full keyboard, Dronelab and SynthOne on iPad, kracklebox, effects, gong
. Albey onBass - electric upright bass, signal processing, bronosaurus bell, log drums, wood & temple blocks, chimes, chime rod boxes
. Joel Simches - perturbations (lexicon reverb & vortex, roland SDE300, echoplex, warp factory, sony reverb, boss DD500 delay & rotary ensemble, TC electronics M300, ADA 2FX, korg delay), live to 2 track mix
Liner Notes by PEK
A new project that was conceived just prior to the Virus shut things down is Simulacrum. This new band is an offshoot of Metal Chaos Ensemble featuring 3 the core members PEK on all my stuff, Eric Woods on analog synth, and Bob Moores on space trumpet, guitar, and electronics. The basic idea of this band is to increase the amount of electronics, to keep the ancillary percussion and loose the drum set, along with PEK and Bob holding down the horn parts. Even without the drums, this set tilts more in the noise direction than typical of Metal Chaos Ensemble. Albey onBass (Balgochian) is an amazing bassist who played with Cecil Taylor in New York for over 10 years in the 00s and 10s. Albey and his wife Jane had moved to New Orleans and then New York, but have returned to the Boston area… Lucky us!! Albey has performed with a number of the Evil Clown ensembles, Leap of Faith, Leap of Faith Orchestra, Turbulence, Metal Chaos Ensemble, Simulacrum and Axioms (featuring the excellent poetry of Albey’s wife Jane SpokenWord).
This set was originally scheduled to be the core trio with Albey as the guest and Joel Simches at the mixer. The morning of the performance, I heard from Eric Woods that he had a nasty cold and would not be able to make the set. Since the ensembles are modular and somewhat difficult to schedule, I rarely ever cancel anything due to a scheduling issue of this kind. Instead of a quartet with Joel recording, I asked Joel to bring some of his tasty extra signal processing gadgets and perform his Perturbations role for this set.
Joel does real-time signal processing for all the ensembles whenever he is recording, the Perturbations credit occurs when the amount of processing on the sounds of the ensemble is at its maximum. So, in effect, Joel is subbing on signal processing for Eric’s missing analog synthesis.
I like this set and I bet you will too.
PEK Out – 2/19/2022